Originally Posted by
teiring
Said by a lowly Blue Member. Haha
*joke*
I actually had a pretty good track record on BA when I was a non-BA OWE, but I think it was highly route and day of the week and cabin-dependent. My track record was gained on a specific day of the week on a specific route where there is a huge number of tour group passengers, which I assume would not qualify for op-ups, and there probably weren't many BA status holders in WT+.
However, when I was a non-BA OWE I wanted to pay to go from CW to F and felt a bit missed out when they weren't offering it but op-upped someone. I haven't encountered any of that since, except a similar situation myself. I ended up getting op-upped when the airport upgrade quote was more than the difference I would have been charged online and was dithering.
I don't know why they wanted to get rid of me from the counter pronto but it worked in my favour.
I still don't like the op-up lottery despite that, and I prefer to pay a reasonable upgrade fees to chancing the op-up lottery. I suspect I'll still dislike it when I eventually hold a CCR card... I don't do uncertainties too well!